I've heard this argument before. Should fly-by-wire forbid manuevers outside a per-determined envelope, or is the pilot indeed the pilot? Tp take a silly example, my automatic trunk opener will not work under any circumstances unless the car is in PARK. Do airliners take this responsibility?

I do agree that the tail should be stronger. Sue the French, forthwith!

. a pilot should be able to do full deflection without having the FUCKING TAIL RIP OFF

Yeah, and a driver ought to be able to make a sharp turn at speed in an SUV without the thing flipping over on its roof. The pilot was responding to turbulence that was already stressing the plane to some extent, possibly violently. Some manuevers you don't do in certain circumstances or something bad could happen. I think this was one of those times.